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Chiefs of Mission for Madagascar
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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Chiefs of Mission
- John Roland Jacobs (1911–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, June 26, 1960–
- Frederic Pearson Bartlett (1909–1970)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 5, 1960–June 6, 1962
- Charles Vaughan Ferguson Jr. (1915–1981)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 15, 1963–May 21, 1966
- David Sjodahl King (1917–2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 21, 1967–August 16, 1969
- Anthony Dryden Marshall (1924–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 6, 1970–June 6, 1971
- Joseph Abraham Mendenhall (1920–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 15, 1972–May 11, 1975
- Gilbert H. Sheinbaum (1929–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, November 1975–March 1977
- Robert South Barrett IV (1927–2004)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, March 1977–June 1980
- Fernando Enrique Rondon (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 10, 1980–May 25, 1983
- Robert Brendon Keating (1924–2012)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 11, 1983–May 1, 1986
- Patricia Gates Lynch (1926–2011)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 6, 1986–August 31, 1989
- Howard Kent Walker (1935–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 27, 1989–July 12, 1992
- Dennis P. Barrett (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 3, 1992–November 12, 1995
- Vicki J. Huddleston (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 12, 1995–July 24, 1997
- Howard T. Perlow (1948–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 1997–August 1998
- Shirley Elizabeth Barnes (1938–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 30, 1998–July 28, 2001
- Wanda L. Nesbitt (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 28, 2002–June 23, 2004
- James D. McGee (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 29, 2004–June 1, 2007
- R. Niels Marquardt (1954–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 13, 2007–June 7, 2010
- Eric Stromayer (1960–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, June 2010–July 2011
- Eric Wong (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 2011–August 2014
- Robert T. Yamate (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 14, 2015–April 1, 2018
- Michael P. Pelletier (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 5, 2019–
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